Read sideways — new case — Sources · Media Detective
Leo finds an invented site, 'Institute for Healthy Kids', saying sugar makes children smarter. Put the steps of a smart check in order. Put the steps in order.
Your task
Put the steps in order.
- Fact-checkers 'read laterally': instead of trusting a site's own pages, they open new tabs to see what others say about it.
- Every person, site, post and brand in this case is invented — a training simulation.
Score
- Follow the trail — You found where it really started.
- Weigh the source — You trusted sources for the right reasons.
- Cross-check — You compared with other sources.
In real life
Researchers at Stanford found that professional fact-checkers judged sites faster and more accurately than experts by leaving the site and searching about it ('lateral reading').
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